Covid and Employment Law

We are here for you when you need expert legal advice on Covid-19 and Irish employment law. Crushell & Co employment solicitors have extensive experience in advising both employers and employees on all aspects of Covid-19 and Irish employment law. We have a track record of achieving successful outcomes for our clients, through both formal and informal mechanisms.

Speak to one of our Dublin based specialist employment solicitors to determine how we can best assist you with your Covid-19 and Irish employment law issue.

Health & Safety

The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act sets out the health and safety requirements in the workplace. Section 8 provides the general duty to ensure ‘so far as is reasonably practicable, the safety, health and welfare at work of his or her employees.’ 

Contract of Employment

The health and safety duties imposed on the employer and employee are an implied term in every contract of employment. Through the contract of employment, employers and employees are bound to comply with the statutory regime and relevant health and safety policies.

Covid-19 Risks

As an infectious disease, Covid-19 constitutes a biological hazard. When there is a conflict, the duties of both employer and employee arising from the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, and any underpinning health and safety principles, will need to be examined. 

Dismissal and Covid-19

The WRC recently found that the requirement that an employee attend the workplace without significant consideration of the elimination of Covid-19 risk, could amount to a repudiation of the employment contract, by the employer.